Catholic Abbot Told to Cover Cross at Western Wall

The abbot of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem, Nikodemus Schnabel, was asked by workers at the Western Wall to cover the cross he was wearing around his neck on Wednesday morning, according to a video shared by Der Spiegel reporter Christopher Schult.

Forschungsministerin @starkwatzinger erlebt am Mittwochmorgen in Jerusalem mit, wie Abt @PaterNikodemus auf dem Platz vor der Klagemauer (außerhalb der Gebetszone) aufgefordert wird, sein Kreuz abzunehmen. Die Offizielle sagt, es handele sich um eine neue Regelung. @derspiegel pic.twitter.com/Zy1GxBVCRP

— Christoph Schult (@schultchristoph) July 19, 2023

The video shared by Schult on Twitter showed a worker at the Western Wall telling the abbot that the cross was “really big and inappropriate for this place. It’s a Jewish place, you need to respect that.”

Schnabel responded that the request was “very harsh,” with the worker insisting that she respected that he is religious and asking people nearby to stop filming the incident.

“This is not a provocation. I’m an abbot. This is my dress,” said Schnabel. “The cross is part of my dress code, I’m a Roman Catholic abbot. You want me to not dress as my faith tells me I should dress.”

Schult tweeted that the worker told the abbot that the requirement to remove the cross “is a new regulation.” (Read more from “Catholic Abbot Told to Cover Cross at Western Wall” HERE)

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